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Beer run! Self-driving truck goes 120-plus miles on delivery

This October 2016 photo provided by Anheuser-Busch shows a self-driving truck that delivers beer, in Colorado. Anheuser-Busch said it completed the world's first commercial shipment by self-driving truck, sending a beer-filled tractor-trailer on a ...
journey of more than 120 miles through Colorado. (Kyle Bullington/Otto/Anheuser-Busch via AP)
(The Associated Press)

FILE - In this Aug. 18, 2016, file photo, one of Otto's self-driving, big-rig trucks leaves the garage for a test drive during a demonstration at the Otto headquarters in San Francisco. Anheuser-Busch announced on Oct. 25, 2016, that it teamed up ...
with Otto for a 120-plus mile beer delivery that marked the world's first by a self-driving truck. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File)
(The Associated Press)

DENVER – Anheuser-Busch says it has completed the world's first commercial shipment by self-driving truck, sending a beer-filled tractor-trailer on a journey of more than 120 miles through Colorado.

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The company says it teamed with self-driving truck maker Otto and the state of Colorado for the feat. The trailer, loaded with Budweiser beer, began the self-driving trip Thursday at a weigh station in Fort Collins, Colorado, and ran along Interstate 25 through Denver before wrapping up in Colorado Springs.

The company says a professional truck driver was on board for the entire route and monitored the trip from the cab's sleeper berth.

Anheuser-Busch says it hopes to see self-driving technology widely deployed.